Figure 1 in Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae

• Main Authors: El Adli, Joseph J., Deméré, Thomas A., Boessenecker, Robert W.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Cetacea (awaiting allocation); Herpetocetus; baleen whale
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5304471; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5304471

Figure 1. Herpetocetus morrowi sp. nov. A, illustrated quarry map of UCMP 124950 as discovered in the field showing the configuration of visible bone elements; B, inferred position of known bone elements of H. morrowi within the body; C, overhead view of the field excavation of UCMP 124950; D, oblique view of the field excavation of UCMP 124950. Numbers in A are those assigned in the field during excavation of the specimen as referred to in the text: 1, lumbar(?) vertebra; 2, lumbar vertebra; 4, lumbar vertebra; 5, lumbar vertebra; 6, thoracic vertebra; 7, vertebral epiphysis; 8, rib; 9, rib. Published as part of El Adli, Joseph J., Deméré, Thomas A. & Boessenecker, Robert W., 2014, Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae, pp. 400-466 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (2) on page 405, DOI:10.1111/zoj.12108, http://zenodo.org/record/5304469